On 06/11/2020 05:34, Lloyd W wrote:
I'm becoming convinced that these incidents (losses of experienced RFC Editor and tools contract work) are examples of managing for short-term overheads and cost savings, rather than for longer-term organisational needs and growth.
Or it's the open source culture exploitation - why pay for anyone's time if the community can be made to replace and do it for free?
Are there other examples? Is it still reasonable to talk about "long term" for the IETF?
Two swallows do not make a summer! but if this was a top-down managed
organisation, then the manager might be thinking who else is in a
comparable situation to the two losses and go talk to them to see if
they have any feedback that will diminish the chance of a third swallow.
Tom Petch
Lloyd Wood
lloyd.wood@xxxxxxxxxxx
On 6 Nov 2020, at 01:33, Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am also concerned about what I am seeing here, and also remember the departure of the RFC Editor.
I no longer understand the IETF commercial governance structure and its oversight mechanism, but I have a feeling that a board of respected neutral parties needs to be convened to conduct a review and report their findings.
- Stewart
On 5 Nov 2020, at 14:19, Eric Gray <eric.gray=40ericsson.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
